GSFC XMM-Newton GOF Status Report #276: XMM-NEWTON NEWS #165

[Newsletter for users of the XMM-Newton mission <xmmnews@lists.nasa.gov>]

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           XMM-NEWTON  NEWS   #165   ---  26-August-2014

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            XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre at
             ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre,
P.O. Box - Apdo. 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid, Spain

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Contents:

  XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO-14)

  - Letter of Invitation
    by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration

  - Time line for Phase II proposal submission


XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity (AO-14)
==============================================

Letter of Invitation
by the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration
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Dear Colleague,

I am  very  pleased  to  invite  you  to  respond  to  the fourteenth
"Announcement of Opportunity" to  submit proposals for observations to
be performed with the XMM-Newton observatory.

XMM-Newton  is the second  cornerstone of  ESA's Horizon  2000 Science
Programme.  It  was  launched  by  an Ariane  5  launcher  and offers
astronomers   a  unique   opportunity  to   perform   high throughput
non-dispersive spectroscopic imaging in  the energy range from 0.2 keV
to  12 keV  (European  Photon Imaging  Camera)  and medium resolution
dispersive  spectroscopy  (Reflection  Grating  Spectrometer)  in the
energy  range  from  0.4 keV  to  2.2  keV.  In addition  it provides
simultaneous  optical/UV  observations  with  a  co-aligned telescope
(Optical Monitor).

This Announcement solicits  proposals to be carried out  in the period
from May  2015 to April  2016. Proposers from  all over the  world are
welcome to  participate. All proposals will be  subject to independent
peer  review by  the XMM-Newton  Observing Time  Allocation Committee.
Potential proposers  are expected to  prepare and submit proposals in
electronic  form, by the  deadline given  below, using  the XMM-Newton
Remote Proposal Submission software.

The documentation for this  Announcement is available via the Internet
at:

  http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/AO14/

I would appreciate it if you would distribute the attached information
at your home institute.


The key milestones for this Announcement are:

Announcement of Opportunity      26 August     2014
Due date for Proposals           10 October    2014 (12:00 UT)
Final OTAC approved program      late December 2014


I invite  you to submit your  proposals and wish you  success in using
the XMM-Newton observatory.

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Alvaro Gimenez
Director of Science and Robotic Exploration



Time line for Phase II proposal submission
------------------------------------------

After the cycle of  proposal submission and selection, the observation
details for successful proposals  must be entered into the observatory
system.  This  is done during  "Phase II" proposal  submission. Please
find below  for your  information the anticipated  time line  for that
eventual Phase II:

Start of Phase II proposal submission     13 January  2015
Closure of Phase II proposal submission   06 February 2015



Yours sincerely,
XMM-Newton SOC

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